Victory! OUR STORES ARE SAVED! Giant has agreed to do the right thing and NOT SELL ANY of our Giant stores!

Giant #338

7025 Berry Rd, Accokeek, MD 20607, USA

Giant #339

200 Rosewick Rd, La Plata, MD 20646, USA

Giant #234

550 Celebrate Virginia Pkwy, Fredericksburg, VA 22406, USA

Giant #235

5701 Plank Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407, USA

Giant #243

317 Worth Ave, Stafford, VA 22556, USA

Giant #256

10346 Courthouse Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA 22553, USA

Giant #770

1245 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, USA

Giant #789

35 Town and Country Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22405, USA

The marches, rallies, petitions, press conferences, and meetings have paid off! We congratulate Giant on its decision and we give thanks to all of our customers, community, and elected leaders for their support over the last four months of uncertainty.

This victory is a true reflection of the years of hard work and dedicated service we have given Giant and demonstrates how valuable we are to their success. Once the FTC approves the merger, which is expected by the end of the month, our jobs will be secure!

The Giant store in Salisbury, Md., where our brothers and sisters who are members of UFCW Local 27 work, will still be sold, but it is being bought by ACME, a division of Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway, and so it will remain a union store.

This huge victory shows the power we have and what we can achieve when we stand strong and together as a union. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this possible. We saved our stores!

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On Tuesday, March 15, employees at eight area Giant Food stores were informed that their stores may be sold.

The news came shortly after shareholders approved the merger of Ahold and Delhaize, the European-based parent companies of Giant Food and Food Lion, among others.

We can’t let a corporate merger in Europe take away good jobs and quality shopping options here at home.

Giant #789

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PRESS COVERAGE

By Michael Sykes II Maryland Independent Ahold, the corporation that owns Giant Foods, and Delhaize, the parent corporation of Food Lion, are set to merge. In an effort to meet antitrust standards and Federal Trade Commission regulations to complete the merger, eight...

by Cathy Jett The Free Lance-Star The mood was upbeat as local Giant Food employees headed to the grocery retailer’s Landover, Md., office Wednesday to protest the possible sale of their stores. “Everybody was rallied up and trying to find some information from...

By Michael Sykes II Maryland Independent Ahold, the corporation that owns Giant Foods, has been in discussion with Delhaize, a European based corporation that owns Food Lion, over the last year on creating a merger between the two companies. In Europe, to avoid an...

By Marty Madden La Plata, MD - A blend of employees and customers attended a meeting Tuesday, April 19 organized by union officials representing workers of a local Giant Food store which is up for sale. The sale of the La Plata Giant was announced last month after...

by Jill Palermo InsideNOVA.com/Northern Virginia Media Services Job security in the wake of a pending merger between the parent companies of Giant Foods and Food Lion brought out some 60 Giant workers and their supporters to a meeting in North Stafford on Wednesday....

The quest to keep the Giant Food grocery store open in North Stafford and other locations in the area prompted employees to launch the “Save My Store” campaign after the news that the Ahold/Delhaize merger could close local stores. The new firm would own three stores...

By Marty Madden TheBayNet.com Waldorf, MD - A food fight could be brewing in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Two iconic grocery store chains have merged and the consolidation process may well result in shuttered stores, properties for sale and a significant loss of jobs....

by Kristin Davis The Free Lance-Star Deb Leigh grew up accompanying her mother to a Giant Food store in Northern Virginia. She started shopping there herself in the 1970s, and today is a regular at its Courthouse Road location in Spotsylvania County. Her loyalty runs...

by Cathy Jett The Free Lance-Star Uncertainty over what will happen to area Giant Food stores as a result of their parent company’s merger has prompted a local union to launch a #SaveMyStore campaign. As part of that effort, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local...

By Susan Larson Fredericksburg Today Ahold USA, Inc., parent company of Giant of Maryland, "[does] not anticipate any store closures" resulting from their merger with the Delhaize Group. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 and Giant Food employees held...

by Cathy Jett The Free Lance-Star Working for Giant Food is a family tradition for Robyn Wheeler. Her father worked for the grocery chain for 38 years, and she’s been an employee of the company for nearly 36. Her daughter and son-in-law work for Giant, too. Now their...

by Jonathan Costen ABC 8 News / WRIC-TV FREDERICKSBURG, Va, (WRIC) — Dozens of Giant Food store employees in Fredericksburg are fighting to keep their jobs. Employees said their parent company, “Ahold,” informed their stores they could be sold or closed as part of a...

By Susan Larson Fredericksburg Today Giant Food employees held a press conference and rally outside Fredericksburg's Eagle Village Giant on March 23, 2016, to voice concern for their jobs. Six area Giant Food grocery stores are slated for potential sale as a result of...

by Ted Schubel WBQB/WFVA-Fredericksburg About 100 current or retired Giant Food employees rallied in the parking lot this afternoon of the Eagle Village Giant to keep their jobs. There is concern that a proposed merger will lead to the closing of six Giant Food stores...

by Cathy Jett The Free Lance-Star Employees worried about the possible sale or closure of all Fredericksburg-area Giant Food stores will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. today at the Eagle Village store. Mark Federici, president of United Food and Commercial Workers...

by Susan Young, Spotsylvania The Free Lance-Star Say it ain’t so. Please do not close my Giant! This will not only be traumatic for me, but also devastating for our whole community. Giant has been a part of my life for 29 years. Four generations of my family have...